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RFC 1212 - 4.1.4. Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause

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### 4.1.4. Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause

The DESCRIPTION clause, which need not be present, contains a textual definition of that object type which provides all semantic definitions necessary for implementation, and should embody any information which would otherwise be communicated in any ASN.1 commentary annotations associated with the object. Note that, in order to conform to the ASN.1 syntax, the entire value of this clause must be enclosed in double quotation marks, although the value may be multi-line.

Further, note that if the MIB module does not contain a textual description of the object type elsewhere then the DESCRIPTION clause must be present.

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